Recent reviews by Simon the Slightly Tall

Worth playing if you like good writing, melancholy, saying weird things, and communism.

Sadly the game was subject to a shady corporate takeover and the original creators forced out, so I'm not sure the money is going to the right people any more.

This game seems to have flown under the radar for a lot of people but I remember liking it a lot.

Great game, still come back to this now and then.

I've played through this game multiple times because the combat is just so satisfying. Some great boss fights and I like the setting. My favourite FromSoftware game, I much prefer the tighter focus of combat and level design compared to Elden Ring's more open approach.

The gameplay started to feel quite repetitive fairly quickly. Most of the mechanics lack depth, and the alien races didn't feel as distinct or interesting as I was hoping.

The production quality and scope is generally impressive, particularly the voice acting and animations in dialogue, but the gameplay lets the whole thing down. The combat is both tactically uninteresting (despite a plethora of abilities, you usually end up doing pretty much the same thing each turn) and extremely tedious and slow. Personally I miss the more dynamic RTwP of BG1 and 2. Some quests are interesting, but the overall story by the end of Act 2 just isn't really doing it for me.

My playtime is inflated as I would often leave the launcher running in the background.

Didn't find this to be particularly interesting. Gameplay is bland and the storytelling feels odd and disjointed due to the procedural generation elements. Characters age too fast to develop any character. Events repeat and have no impact - I remember multiple characters getting a wolf's head for whatever reason and it has no real effect on anything.

I tried to get into this because I liked the idea, but ultimately I think it's not for me. It just all feels a bit too repetitive and gets boring quickly. I never found myself making any really interesting decisions or mastering any systems. There's a lot of modifiers, effects, orders etc. to keep track of, but none that change your approach enough to make each settlement feel much different from the last.

Been having a lot of fun with this. It's clicked with me more than Slay the Spire (which I enjoyed but got bored with more quickly) - I like the autobattler aspect of setting up unit combinations on the different floors. Lots of fun ideas and playstyle variety so far, and a good system of progression which encourages trying new things.

I recommend looking up the Banner Unit mechanic, which is not really explained in game. Once I started focusing on fewer key units and not filling every floor necessarily, things went a lot smoother.

I'm playing without the Last Divinity DLC as it seems to be a bit divisive.

This game is delightful.

The core gameplay, including the way the classes have interesting roles and well-designed interactions, is really solid and fun.

The cave generation, mission objectives, and randomised enemy types all add just the right amount of variety, so that each mission feels like its own fresh adventure.

At the same time, the basic gameplay loop of mining and shooting and exploring becomes familiar enough to be relaxing. Still, there's a lot of depth and you feel like you're constantly getting better at the game.

Perhaps most importantly (for an online co-op) the community really is great. Worth noting that this is not an accident - there are many conscious design choices by the developers that support this.

Tip: if you're new to the game, I recommend going to UI settings and increasing the size and duration of the chat messages. The defaults make it easy to overlook things, especially when you're learning the game and things get hectic.